The newspaper was founded in 1996 to compete with well-established rivals including Oil & Gas Journal, Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, and Offshore Engineer. It covers all aspects of the upstream industry, but focuses especially on news related to business, policy and the sector's key players as well as the commercial side of the industry. Coverage includes exploration, field development, contracts, company news, technological developments and the liquefied natural gas sector, as well as political and financial news which affects the exploration and production sector.

General contractor

A general contractor (main contractor, prime contractor) is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project.

Description

The general contractor is a manager, and possibly a tradesman, employed by the client on the advice of the architect, engineer or the architectural technologist or the client him/herself if acting as the manager. A general contractor is responsible for the overall coordination of a project.
A general contractor must first assess the project-specific documents (referred to as bid, proposal or tender documents). In the case of renovations, a site visit is required to get a better understanding of the project. Depending on the project delivery method, the contractor will submit a fixed price proposal or bid, cost plus price or an estimate. The general contractor considers the cost of home office overhead, general conditions, materials and equipment as well as the cost of labor to provide the owner with a price for the project.

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More ... &nbsp; ...Contract Drilling ... With oil prices taking a hit since mid-October 2018 amid weakening demand, concerns about economic slowdown and trade tiff, many upstream players have been slashing their capex. As such, the drilling contractor has cut its spending levels for 2019 by around 27% and now expects capital outlay to stand at $465 million ... ....

BP have appointed ABB as one of its global Main Electrical Contractors (MEC) for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction of electrical equipment for BP UpstreamMajorCapitalProjects... ABB’s global MEC frame agreement is effective for an initial term of five years. “Adding value to our customers is at the heart of everything we do....

"ADNOC has a long and successful history of working with Korean companies as partners in our upstream concession areas, as contractors for major projects across the oil and gas value chain, and as a customer of Abu Dhabi's crude oil and our refined products ... In the upstream, ......

"By changing the way we do business in the Gulf Coast, we are better positioned to serve an expanded portfolio of clients that have come to know Saulsbury as the premier EPCcontractor in the midstream and upstream oil and gas industry throughout the country," adds Mike Childers, SVP, Business Development and Marketing....

Additionally we’ve over four headcounts working solely on this program with our upstream and downstream industry contractors... The first one is going to be completing the technology transfer for the upstream portion, which is the actual fermentation....

Parker, an independent contractor hired as a well site consultant, was obsessed with safety and had not once expressed fear about a job during their 34-year marriage, she told herself ... Nonetheless, the upstream industry is exempt from key OSHA rules that apply to other industries....

Parker, an independent contractor hired as a well site consultant, was obsessed with safety and had not once expressed fear about a job during their 34-year marriage, she told herself ... Nonetheless, the upstream industry is exempt from key OSHA rules that apply to other industries....

The Siltbuster team recommended a primary DAF treatment system upstream, to maximise the removal of contaminants earlier on in the process ... “The removal of hydrocarbons is a key problem on old gaswork sites and a real area where contractors can save money if they think a little differently....

After years of hiring outside contractors to keep Mud Creek clear of debris — and keep Hanceville and areas upstream from flooding in the process — the city will begin taking on the work itself, using equipment and labor from ... ....

at about $11 billion ... The valuation of Adnoc Drilling includes about $1 billion of net debt ... SERVICES ... Faster Drilling ... “We needed to get away from operating in different silos, from different contractors working the well,” Abdul Munim Al Kindy, director of Adnoc upstream and chairman of Adnoc Drilling, said in a Bloomberg TV interview ... .......